More pallet repurposing: Backyard bar, anyone?
(via Ian Riley)
“Since we love upcycling and hate seeing anything go to waste,” says RenewPurpose, “we’ve assembled some beautiful examples of what can be done with left over glass bulbs.” Here they are.
(via 5 Creative Uses for Old Glass Light Bulbs | Environment on GOOD)
DIY project du jour:
Got milk (crates)? Turn plastic crates into a credenza.
Friend of Unconsumption Will Holman made this one, and he provides a tutorial over on Instructables here, so you can make one of your own.
Find more crate reuse here.
Bottlecaps and wire.
(via Artisans Of Colorado)
Made by Elizabeth Morisette, whose work we featured earlier on Unconsumption here.
![We’ve come across a couple of creative new uses for old slides and strips of film negatives; here’s a different one, woven by Elizabeth Morisette into art.
Fort Collins [Colorado-] based artist Elizabeth Morisette creates playful objects that re-imagine the ancient arts of weaving and basket making for the 21st century. Using recycled or re-purposed materials, she links the machine made and the handmade, transforming cast-off consumer waste into wondrous forms. (via the Fort Lewis College Art Gallery)
Pictured: Slides and cotton twine woven on a cotton warp, 33” x 40” x 2”, via Morisette on Flickr.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/e79293d5d49df98b95e0c3bb0ea57687/tumblr_mjinb2dK1g1qzv12bo1_400.jpg)
We’ve come across a couple of creative new uses for old slides and strips of film negatives; here’s a different one, woven by Elizabeth Morisette into art.
Fort Collins [Colorado-] based artist Elizabeth Morisette creates playful objects that re-imagine the ancient arts of weaving and basket making for the 21st century. Using recycled or re-purposed materials, she links the machine made and the handmade, transforming cast-off consumer waste into wondrous forms. (via the Fort Lewis College Art Gallery)
Pictured: Slides and cotton twine woven on a cotton warp, 33” x 40” x 2”, via Morisette on Flickr.
Brilliant! And a great addition to the “beverage carton-repurposing” idea file.
Spotted on Facebook, on the Grow Food, Not Lawns community gardening page here. (If you’re aware of the original source, please tell us — I wasn’t able to track it down.)
Other garden-related ideas can be found in earlier Unconsumption posts here and here.
File under: New uses for old shutters:
Chairs, made by Junktion, whose work we’ve mentioned here.
(photo via Junktion here)
![An interesting post over on Deep Glamour considers “the reclaimed glamour of architectural salvage.” Here’s an excerpt:
[Baltimore artist Sean O’Harra and Meg Fairfax Fielding, the author of the Pigtown Design blog] agree that people are drawn to the inherent glamour of vintage materials, whether they’re raw or have been reworked to create something new. “We’re honoring our past and what came before us,” says Fielding.
But both add warnings. Fielding notes that, like so many other things that are glamorous on the surface, architectural salvage requires a great deal of dirty, gritty work for both sellers and shoppers. …
O’Harra’s concerns relate to the popularity of vintage materials and what that means for quality. “A lot of antique shops and pickers jumped on this bandwagon and make things that people see as interesting. But a lot of times, I think there’s not a good marriage between materials. People eat it up because it’s aged, but it doesn’t always look aesthetically pleasing to me.”
O’Harra also laments the increased popularity of newly made objects with a vintage look, which is at odds with his environmentally-conscious approach to reusing materials. “A lot of what you see is not vintage – it’s recast materials made with new wood. That’s not the right thing. These are one-off objects that shouldn’t be mass-produced.”
The rest is here: The Reclaimed Glamour of Architectural Salvage - Deep Glamour: At the Intersection of Imagination & Desire](http://24.media.tumblr.com/182f991c98c4c547c206ba35c6bfb7ab/tumblr_mk1hrk1bju1qzv12bo1_400.jpg)
An interesting post over on Deep Glamour considers “the reclaimed glamour of architectural salvage.” Here’s an excerpt:
[Baltimore artist Sean O’Harra and Meg Fairfax Fielding, the author of the Pigtown Design blog] agree that people are drawn to the inherent glamour of vintage materials, whether they’re raw or have been reworked to create something new. “We’re honoring our past and what came before us,” says Fielding.
But both add warnings. Fielding notes that, like so many other things that are glamorous on the surface, architectural salvage requires a great deal of dirty, gritty work for both sellers and shoppers. …
O’Harra’s concerns relate to the popularity of vintage materials and what that means for quality. “A lot of antique shops and pickers jumped on this bandwagon and make things that people see as interesting. But a lot of times, I think there’s not a good marriage between materials. People eat it up because it’s aged, but it doesn’t always look aesthetically pleasing to me.”
O’Harra also laments the increased popularity of newly made objects with a vintage look, which is at odds with his environmentally-conscious approach to reusing materials. “A lot of what you see is not vintage – it’s recast materials made with new wood. That’s not the right thing. These are one-off objects that shouldn’t be mass-produced.”
The rest is here: The Reclaimed Glamour of Architectural Salvage - Deep Glamour: At the Intersection of Imagination & Desire
DIY Inspiration. Bottle Animals. Recycled water and detergent bottles made into animal lights - but are really cool sculptures on their own.
Pictured: Lights from ABYU lighting.
See also: Earlier Unconsumption posts highlighting two artists’ takes on uses for empty detergent bottles: Bill Culbert’s lights here, and Martine Camillieri’s toy trucks here.
